Sign up for our free, weekly Tackle the Trib high school football Pick-em contest. You can compete against Varsity Xtra's so-called "Expert" panel and every week the best picker will win a gift certificate to Old Chicago. There will also be a grand prize for the overall winner at the end of the football season. And we mean grand. 

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Ahwatukee Foothills residents have an important decision to make when it comes to electing the next mayor of the city of Phoenix. To make that decision easier - or more informed - the Ahwatukee Foothills News decided to form an editorial board to ask the two candidates nine questions that are important to area residents.

Ahwatukee Foothills residents have an important decision to make when it comes to electing the next mayor of the city of Phoenix. To make that decision easier - or more informed - the Ahwatukee Foothills News decided to form an editorial board to ask the two candidates nine questions that are important to area residents.

Sign up for our free, weekly Tackle the Trib high school football Pick-em contest. You can compete against Varsity Xtra's so-called "Expert" panel and every week the best picker will win a gift certificate to Old Chicago. There will also be a grand prize for the overall winner at the end of the football season. And we mean grand. 

Arizona SADD has partnered with Taser International and several other safety-focused advocacy groups to hold the first Arizona Distracted Driving Youth Summit on Nov. 11 at ASU. The event will bring Arizona high school students together to develop an effective safe driving campaign that teens can bring back to their local schools and communities.

TUCSON - The Arizona Wildcats have a shortage of defensive tackles, and there’s nothing the UA coaches or players can do about it.

MIAMI - When Jason Taylor takes the stage to face network TV cameras and dance the fox trot, he figures his jitters will be Super Bowl-size. "I'll be shaking," he says.

A Phoenix police officer in body armor stood watch over the 43-year-old woman who had called 911 after buying a pack of razor blades at a drugstore. Karl Luther and Jack Perkins, two men who earned engineering degrees but chose social work instead, arrived in a minivan.

A 5-foot-3 woman answered the door of her neat, stuccoed Mesa home near East Brown Road and Sterling. A small boy, about 3 or 4, hugged her leg.

DETROIT - When the Motor City won the right to host the 2006 Super Bowl six years ago, Detroit’s automakers were enjoying record profits and booming sales of sport utility vehicles.

Rick and Rebecca Smith may be close to finding solace following the traffic death of their grown son.

Rick and Rebecca Smith may be close to finding solace following the traffic death of their grown son.

Since Leonard Davis arrived in Arizona, there has been an ongoing debate about where he is best suited to play. His first Cardinals coach, Dave McGinnis, always insisted Davis was destined to be a guard, a Larry Allen-style mauler.

Since Leonard Davis arrived in Arizona, there has been an ongoing debate about where he is best suited to play. His first Cardinals coach, Dave McGinnis, always insisted Davis was destined to be a guard, a Larry Allen-style mauler.

There’s always something in Jon Hargis’ way.